Toy gun



July 2, 1935- C. F. LEFEVER 2,006,741

TOY GUN Filed April 25, 19321 INVENTOR C/ldl @s Klei-aref WMM ATTO RNEYI Patented July 2, 1935 UNITED STATES TOY GUN Charles F. Lefever, Plymouth, Mich.,assignor to Daisy Manufacturing Company,

Plymouth,

Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application April 25, 1934, Serial No. 722,397

9 Claims.

The invention relates to toy guns and has for one of its objects the simulation of a gun such as used by a widely advertised pictorial fictitious character and supposed to possess extraor- .fx dinary powers, thus making a strong appeal to the imagination of youth. It is a further object tol obtain a construction which will give aloud report without the discharge of any projectile, and further to obtain various other specific advantages, and with these objects in View the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section;

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3--3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

My imp-roved gun is of the general nature of a pop gun and of that type in which the report is produced by the unseating of a stopper for a compressed air cylinder, said stopper being automatically returned to its seat by the operation of a spring. The compression of air is by a spring pressed plunger and the spring is tensioned b-y the operation of a break-down handle on the frame of the gun. This frame handle and general contour of the gun is of a contour corresponding to that of the fictitious gun above referred to.

In detail, A is the frame formed in pressed sheet metal half sections and having integral with each section one-half of a forwardly proing barrel B. Within this barrel is an air compression cylinder C containing a piston D having a rearwardly extending wire shank E terminating in a hooked end F. The shank E is guided in a channel member G which extends centrally andl longitudinally within the frame` being secured l thereto at its rear end. This member G has a shoulder G whichforrns an abutment fora spring I-I sleeved about the shank E and forward portion of the member G and engaging the port D. The gun is provided with a handle I also formed by a pair of pressed sheet metal half sections and is pivotally connected to the frame by a pin J. The handle is also provided with spaced segmental flanges I which embrace the hooked portion F of the shank E and a pin K between these flanges is adapted to; engage said hooked portion. Thus by swinging the handle forward about the pivot J the pin K will engage the hook F, drawing the same rearward and compressing the spring I-I. The spring when thus tensioned is held by a combined sear and trigger formed byv a member L pivotally secured by a pin L at its upper endand extending downward and forward to form the trigger L2. Intermediate the pin L. and trigger L2 is a notch L3 whichr when the hook F is drawn rearward by the handle I will engage said hook, holding the same from forward movement. A spring M in the Vchannel f guide G bearing against a. portion of the member L-in rear of the pivot L serves to yieldably raise the member L to engage the notch L3 with thel hook F. Y

Arranged in the `barrel B forward of the ai-r chamber C is a stopper N normally pressedY against an annular seat at the end of the chamber C by the action of a spring O. This spring is arranged inside of the half barrel sectionsB and has its forward end abutting kagainst struckin tongues P formed in said half sectionsA and which, in addition to forming abutments for the spring, coact therewith to draw said half sections together. This construction permits of easily as sembling the parts, as the spring O may be compressed against the stopper N, spreadingthe half barrel sections B to pass the tongues P and when released engaging said tongues to draw said barrel sections together.

One of the features of the gun simulating the fictitious gun is a funnel shaped member at the forward end of the barrel together with an up.,-A

wardly extending flange whichr forms a sight. u

This member Q is formed of pressed sheet metal with flanges Q which are spot Welded to each other as indicated at Q2. It also performs a useful function in that it constitutes a megaphone which projects the sound of the report in a forward direction or towards the object or person aimed at. At the rear end of the barrel B is a flaring guard. member R which` is supposed to give protectionto the hand grasping the gun. This member R is sleeved on the half barrel sections, as is also thel member Q, said members serving to permanently hold said sections from spreading.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a toy gun, frame and barrel half sections formed of pressed sheet metal, an air cylinder within said barrel sections, a stopper seated on the forward end of said air cylinder, a spring for yieldably holding said stopperto its seat and tongues struck inward from said half barrel sections forming an abutment for engaging the forward end of said spring and cooperating with the latter to hold said half sections together.

2. In a toy gun, frame and barrel half sections formed of pressed sheet metal, an air cylinder within said barrel sections, a stopper seated on the pressing said stopper to its seat, tongues struck inward from said barrel sections forming an abutment for said spring permitting of insertion of said spring in said barrel by spreading the sections thereof and in cooperation with said tongues hold- 'ing said barrel sections together after insertion, a.

spring pressed plunger in said barrel for compressing the air therein and displacing said stopper with a report, the side of saidV barrel adjacent to said stopper being apertured for the escape of air and a flaring member surrounding said barrel adjacent to said aperture forming a K megaphone for projecting the noise of report.

3. In a toy gun, an integral frame V and barrel formed of pressed sheet metal h'alf sections, an air cylinder in said barrel, a piston inV said air cylinder, a piston shank extending rearward from for projecting the noise, said member being formed said piston and terminating in a downwardly extending hooked end, a channel guide for said piston vshank secured within said frame, a spring surrounding said shank and having an abutment on said channel guide, a handle pivoted to said'frame extending downward and rearward therefrom,

Vsaid handle havingabifurcated segmental portion' within the frame, a pin extending between the furcations of said segmental portion and engaging the hook on said piston shank whereby theV rocking of said handle on its pivot will retract said piston shank and piston, compressing said-spring, aV combined triggerV and sear pivotally secured within said frame-and extending downward and forward therefrom between the furcations of said handle, being provided with a notch for engagement with the hooked end of said shank in its retractedA position. f

4. In a pop gun, an integral' frameand barrel, pop mechanism within said frame and barrel anda flaring member surrounding the forward portion of said barrel constituting a megaphone from a fiat sheet metal blank and having upwardly abutting flanges vsecured to each other and' constituting-'a sight. l

y5.V In a Vtoy gun,` a frame and barrel, anv air cylinder in said barrel, a pistonin said cylinder, ai Vpiston shank extending rearward from said Ycylinder and terminating in a downwardly extending hooked end, a channelfguid for said piston shank securedv to said frame, a spring surrounding said shank and abutting against said guide, a combinedV trigger and sear pivotally secured to the rear end of said guide'and extending downward and forward therefrom, being provided with,V a notch for engaging said hooked-end in theretracted position of saidpiston shank and? also having a portion extending rearward from the pivot and a spring in said channel guide engaging y said rearwardly extending portion to yieldably raise said combined trigger and sear for engagement with said hook.

6. A toy gun comprising an integral frame and barrel formed of pressed sheet metal half sections, an air cylinder in said barrel, a' piston therein, a piston shank extending rearward therefrom and terminating in a downwardly extending hooked end, a channel guide for said shank secured within said frame, a spring for said piston abutting against a portion of said guide, a combined trigger and sear pivotally secured within the rear portion of said channel guide and extending `downward, and forward therefrom, being provided with a notch for engaging said hook in the retracted position of said piston shank and also having a portion extending rearward from the pivot, a spring within said channel guide engaging said rearwardly extend- Ving portion to yieldably raise said trigger and sear to engage said notch with said hook, a handle' pivotally secured to said frame formed of pressed piston shank, a handle pivotally secured to said frame and having an upwardlyextending bifurcated portion( embracing said downwardly extending hooked end, a pin extending between the furcations of said handle for engaging said hooked end to retract said piston shank by the rocking of said handle, a'combined trigger andV sear pivoted to said frame and extending between the furcations of said handle, bei-ng provided with a notch for engaging said hooked end in its retracted position and resilient meansk for actuating said trigger and sear to engage said notch withr said hooked en'd and to permit of releasing the same when the trigger is pressed.

8. In a pop gun, an integral frame and barrel, pop mechanismwithin said frame and barrel and a flaring member surrounding the forward `por-I tion of said barrel constituting a'megaphone fori projecting the noise, said member having aV sight formed integral therewith and projecting upward` therefrom.

9. In a pop gun, an integral frame and barrel,A y

,formed of a'flat sheet metal blank andhaving a` portion .thereof projecting 'upward from said megaphone and constituting a sight'.

.".CHARLES F. LEFEVER. 

